I love this Movie

I say Nee to you nay sayers who dislike this great movie Nee Nee Nee.
You obviously have problems with anything that does not reach lofty
literary standards. It seems you just don't get the idea. Perhaps
you've only seen the movie once and missed things or slept through the
plot. It's a complex plot and parody. Watch again and again if you need
too but unless your thick as a lead brick you'll get it.

The movie has all the elements of a good parody. It makes fun of the
government, the good space guys are not white, the girl that needs to
be saved is not a Barbie doll yet she pulls of smart and sexy in a
surprising way considering her ditsy name and first impression of a
drunk loser she's shows her insight and gives the protagonist a someone
to save. Females have been being saved since the dawn of time. In
fiction, movies, cartoons, comics the list goes on someone has to save
Polly Pureheart or in this case Penny Priddy first he saves her from
herself then the bad guys. There is the mad scientist who's way over
the top accent, ego and the whole enchilada, the unlikely 1950's era
Japanese goog guy scientist tossed in to make us think. The beauty of
the message is that things are not what they seem, there is a moral
here that given thought is obvious to anyone capable of cognitive
thought. It's entertaining and silly as possible. Almost every scene
has parodies of society at the time this was made down to the ending
with the Thrilleresq walk through the "LA River". Look again it's all
there. To truly see ones mind must be as open as their eyes.

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A thrill ride for renaissance geeks.

This is a quintessential 80s film, but for unusual reasons. One is the
nostalgia. The dramatic nostalgia of Blade Runner is taken to
melodramatic extremes here. Some cues: the band's manager's zoot suit;
the Renaissance diversity of the Irregulars; the emphasis on Science
(as in, "She Blinded Me With -- ". These are the boy geniuses who
fought the Kaiser and the Boy Allies who thwarted the Nazis. So the
concept is charmingly nostalgic. But the quality of acting is
undeniable, not only because there are so many non-diva working actors,
but because you can tell each one is making an earnest effort.
Sometimes, when you watch a crummy movie, you can tell the actors knew
from Week One that this little dog would be best left off the resume.
Not with this movie! Everyone made an earnest effort that was not too
over-the-top. The purely 80s aspects -- skinny neckties,
proto-geekiness, fascination with Japanese culture, retro-modernity --
are delicious to some of us who lived through it, but possibly baffling
to others. But if you speak the language, it's pure poetry.